A savings bank account belonging to an assistant general manager of a nationalised bank was allegedly hacked and ₹1.7 lakh transferred out of it. Though the incident took place on November 13, the victim, Sarat Panigrahi, realised what had happened only on November 22 and filed a complaint with the cybercrime police.
“Mr. Panigrahi said he has not shared the account details or made any online transactions with his debit card. We suspect that he did not get mobile alerts when the money was withdrawn,” said a police officer.
The cybercrime police are now trying to track down the accused based on the account number into which the cash was wired. “As many as 4,000 complaints have been registered this year with the cybercrime cell, and 80% of them involve phishing and fraudulent online transactions,” he said.
The police have warned citizens not to part with information of their bank accounts to anyone. “Calls seeking personal account details should be discouraged,” a senior police officer said.
